SOCIETY, Latest Updates, Coronavirus
Long-route public transportation services to resume from Sept 17
Long-route public transportation services to resume from Sep...
KATHMANDU, Sept 15: The government has decided to resume long-distance transportation services from September 17.
Sep 15, 2020
ECONOMY, Latest Updates
Ghising says NEA faces massive managerial challenges
Ghising says NEA faces massive managerial challenges
KATHMANDU, Sept 15: Kulman Ghising, the outgoing managing director of Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA), said the state-owned public utility needs to find the market for electricity and improve quality and regularity of electricity.
Sep 15, 2020
POLITICS, Latest Updates
Govt decides to resume domestic air services from Thursday
Govt decides to resume domestic air services from Thursday
KATMANDU, Sept 15: The government has decided to resume the domestic air services starting Thursday, according to Minister for Foreign Affairs and government spokesperson Pradeep Gyawalil.
Sep 15, 2020
ECONOMY, Latest Updates
India’s ban on onion export likely to hit hard Nepali consumers
India’s ban on onion export likely to hit hard Nepali consum...
KATHMANDU, Sept 15: The decision of Indian government to impose a ban on export of all varieties of onion is likely to hit local consumers hard as the price of onion has already seen a steady rise in the domestic market.
Sep 15, 2020
Editorial, Latest Updates
The CIAA has failed us
The CIAA has failed us
This is the question people ask when the country’s anti-corruption watchdog fails on its duty to control corruption. They ask this when they see that the highest anti-graft body is being selective in its prosecution, sparing those with nexus to power centers, and witch-hunting those with minor cases...
Sep 15, 2020
POLITICS, Latest Updates
PM Oli appoints Khatiwada as Chief Economic Advisor
PM Oli appoints Khatiwada as Chief Economic Advisor
KATHMANDU, Sept 15: The government has appointed former Finance and Communication and Information Technology Minister Yuba Raj Khatiwada as the Chief Economic Advisor of Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli.
Sep 15, 2020
POLITICS, Latest Updates
CIAA files graft case against ex-BPKIHS VC Balbhadra Prasad Das for amassing property wort...
CIAA files graft case against ex-BPKIHS VC Balbhadra Prasad...
KATHMANDU, Sept 15: The Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) has filed a graft case at the Special Court against former vice chancellor of BP Koirala Institute of Health Sciences (BPKIHS), Balbhadra Prasad Das, on the charge of amassing property worth Rs 77.19 million illega...
Sep 15, 2020
WORLD, Latest Updates, Coronavirus
Pakistani students back in school after more than six months
Pakistani students back in school after more than six months
KARACHI, Sept 14: Millions of students in Pakistan returned to classes on Tuesday after a break of six months, as schools and colleges began to reopen for the first time since the outbreak of the novel coronavirus.
Sep 15, 2020
SOCIETY, Latest Updates, Coronavirus
Kathmandu Valley’s COVID-19 tally surges to 12,924 with 676 new cases in the past 24 hours
Kathmandu Valley’s COVID-19 tally surges to 12,924 with 676...
KATHMANDU, Sept 14: With 676 new cases of COVID-19 recorded in the past 24 hours, Kathmandu Valley’s COVID-19 tally jumped to 12,924 on Tuesday.
Sep 15, 2020
SOCIETY, Latest Updates, Coronavirus
Nepal sees 1,459 new cases, 11 more fatalities linked to coronavirus in past 24 hours
Nepal sees 1,459 new cases, 11 more fatalities linked to cor...
KATHMANDU, Sept 15: The Ministry of Health and Population said that 1,459 persons were diagnosed with the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) across the country in the past 24 hours, taking the country’s national coronavirus case tally to 56,788.
Sep 15, 2020